Famous Collectors
SELECTED AWARDS:
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● Best Selling Published Artist by The Fine Arts Trade Guild.
● Master of Arts Honorary Degree from Teesside University.
● Doctor of Arts Honorary Degree from Teesside University.
● Lifetime Achievement Award by Middlesbrough Council.
● Honorary Professorship from Seisa University, Japan.
● Freedom of Middlesbrough from Middlesbrough Council.
● Patron of the North East Autism Society.
Working in the Studio and Foundry, Creating Small and Monumental Works
Mackenzie Thorpe pours himself into his work with a strong message of Love. The Artist creates 2-D and 3-D works with key repeating themes and symbolic imagery while keeping each new piece of art unique and straight from his heart and narratives of places and people he connects to.
His art mediums include:
● Original Raw Pigment Pastel Paintings.
● Original Acrylic Paintings.
● Sculpture: Cast Bronze, Stainless Steel and Cast Resin.
● Limited Edition, Hand-signed, Prints.
Honoring his past and moving forward with Love
- In the working town of Middlesbrough, UK, Mackenzie began his life with a deep need and talent for creating from his earliest years.
- He pushed past negative messages spoken over his future due to demographics and dyslexia.
My Sunshine, 2014 | Bronze | 76 x 47 x 24 inches. Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, Public Sculpture, Middlesbrough, UK 2019
The Race, 2018 | Bronze | 6 x 32 x 6 inches
With a hand ready to create and a heart ready to speak, he poured himself into art making with a message of love. Mackenzie Thorpe expanded from his working town to doing a work of love world wide.
Sitting on Love, 2020 | Bronze | 13 x 10 x 5.5 inches .
Stronger Together, 2023 | Resin Sculpture | 21.5 x 9.5 x 6.25 inches Remember When, 2025 | Hand-signed Print | | 24 x 24 inches
Stones, 2021 | Stainless Steel | 63 x 30 x 36 inches
Stepping
Waters, 2022 | Bronze | 16 x 34 x 8inches
Calm
A Light in The Sky, 2025 |Original pastel | 30 x 30 inches
Love and Rain, 2025 | Original Pastel | 28 x 28 inches
Dancing With Love, 2022 | Original pastel | 44 x 23 inches
Standing on The Dock of The Bay, 2022| Original pastel, 2022.
x 40 inches
Lovers on The Bench, 2022 | Bronze | 65 x
MACKENZIE’S message to the WORLD:
● To lead a movement of LOVE in the hearts of all across the EARTH!
● Speak into the present with a TIMELESS message of the HEART.
● TO Honor the DREAMS of all CHILDREN and the CHILD within.
ACCEPTANCE GRATITUDE RESPECT HOPE HEALING KINDNESS PERSEVERANCE COURAGE BEAUTY WONDERMENT
● LOVE! Love, Love, and more Love.
Mackenzie’s art helping tell your story.
Art captures profound tales through creativity.
Mackenzie’s artistry possesses a remarkable ability to render someone’s narrative tangible and validated, weaving in elements that resonate with the surroundings of others or himself, creating a connection that is both relevant and enduring.
Recently, he has embraced the sunflower in numerous artworks to convey a message of hope and healing for Ukraine, celebrating the cherished symbol of their nation.
This experience both cherishes the soul and paves the way for healing.
In a Meadow Of Love, 2022 | Original Pastel | 40 x 30 inches
Mackenzie Thorpe The Cincinnati Children’s Heart Institute Project, 2011.
Mackenzie’s works opens doors for HEALING…
Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Memorial Hospital Cincinnati, OH 2014, 2011
Allowing these brave children an opportunity to heal through learning, expression, and giving back color-filled glimpses into their own hearts to their community and the institute that is helping them in whatever trials they face.
Monumental Sculpture Installation
Garoon Science Center at JCC of Chicago Lake Zurich, IL 2009.
Garoon Science Center at JCC of Chicago
https://eea-ltd.com/project/garoon-gateway-to-science/
Mill Creek Park Monumental Sculpture Installation Kansas City, MO 2006.
'Skipping' is prominently featured in the book Mackenzie Thorpe A Crossroads Published in 2007.
Skipping, Crossroads, Monumental Series, 2007.
Limited edition bronze sculpture, edition of 15. Stamped and numbered.
Artwork size: 95 x 56 x 42 inches / 241 x 142 x 106 cm.
Off The Wall Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Mackenzie Thorpe
Inspiring,
touching hearts, and telling stories.
Off The Wall Gallery Houston, Texas.
Mackenzie Thorpe Opening Night at Off The Wall Gallery
PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
Middlesbrough Train Station ‘Station Posters’ – Middlesbrough, UK 2015.
Teesside University ‘Middlesbrough Murals’ – Middlesbrough, UK 2011.
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum – Middlesbrough, UK 2010.
Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Memorial Hospital – Cincinnati, OH 2014, 2011.
Garoon Science Center at JCC of Chicago – Lake Zurich, IL 2009.
Saga Prefectural Museum – Saga, Japan 2009.
Fukuoka Prefectural Museum – Fukuoka, Japan 2008.
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum – Kumamoto City, Japan 2008. Kagoshima Prefectural Museum – Kagoshima, Japan 2008.
Christchurch Arts Centre – Monumental Sculpture Installation – Christchurch, New Zealand 2007. Mill Creek Park – Monumental Sculpture Installation – Kansas City, MO 2006.
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center – Kansas City, MO 2006.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – Birmingham, UK 2005.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
Tour de Yorkshire Official Artist – UK 2019.
Official Artist of the 2019 Welcome to Yorkshire Garden At RHS Chelsea Flower Show – UK 2019.
HRH Queen Elizabeth II - Presented with Original Pastel for Diamond Jubilee – UK 2012. Oklahoma
Children’s Hospital - Permanent sculpture commission – OK , USA 2011.
Artist of Telethon 7 – Perth, WA 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004.
Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, Selected Artist, Grand Slam for Children’s Fundraiser – 2002.
Rt Hon William Hague Commission – Holiday Card Design, UK 1998 - 2009.
Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, Commission – Save the Children Fund, UK 1997.
British Dyslexia Foundation Commission – Holiday Card Design, UK 1997.
Elton John AIDS Foundation Commission – Holiday Card Design, 1996.
Building a legacy of love and healing together
Mackenzie's ambition is to unite the world through children's eyes and let today's cultures understand that to sustain our societies, we must protect and nurture them and the child within us all. We are responsible for letting love in our hearts, bringing it back to the world, and keeping our eyes open to childhood wonderment.
It would be an honor to work together and help tell a heartfelt, visual story of hope, love, encouragement, and infinite imagination. Through the beauty, happiness, and comfort, the works by Mackenzie Thorpe offer to children of all ages and their parents, those moments can offer the immeasurable feeling of positivity, friendliness, human connection, and smiles. — Off The Wall Gallery.
